A Mournful tragedy. : Giving an account of the shocking and unprecedented catastrophe, which happened at Dedham, the 18th day of May, 1801, between Mr. Jason Fairbanks, aged 21, and Miss Eliza Fales, of 19. Both of respectable families.

Format:

Book

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 964.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fairbanks, Jason, 1780-1801.

Fairbanks, Jason.

Fales, Elizabeth, -1801.

Fales, Elizabeth.

Crime--Massachusetts--Dedham.

Crime.

Murder--Massachusetts--Dedham.

Murder.

Massachusetts--Dedham.

Genre:

Broadsides.

Poems -- 1801.

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cut) ; 34 x 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[Boston or Dedham, Mass.?] : [publisher not identified], [1801]

System Details:

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Notes:

Verse of fifty-eight lines; first lines: Good people all pray lend an ear, and you shall solemn tidings hear.

At foot: May 30. We hear that Fairbanks is likely to recover of the wounds given himself, which was first supposed mortal. He is closely confined in prison, and will have his trial at the next court, which sits in Dedam the 4th of August.

Text in two columns separated and surrounded by mourning border; printed area measures 30.4 x 16.8 cm.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 964).

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